Mic not Mike

[alexwittscheck]

I spell it "mic", but if I mic something, I say I'm "miking" it. Or past tense, "miked." I can only envision mice when I see "micing." You know, like diced mice.

I can understand that. The only other way to do it would be to say 'miccing it' and that looks really weird.

Oh and BTW, you aren't going to bother me if you post your peeves too. I was just venting, so feel free to do so yourself about whatever you want.

 

[Munjibunga]

^^^ This. I hate it when someone writes that their cabinet was "miced," or even worse, "mic'd."

Actually "mic'd" is preferable, because it is a contraction of "microphoned."

 

[alexwittscheck]

Now, gratuitous quotation marks, that's something else. I used to live in an apartment that had a sign in a parking space that said: "NO PARKING". So what do the quotes mean? I always took it to mean that there was ostensibly no parking in that space, but "those in the know" knew it was just a figure of speech, and you actually could park there.

This made me lol

 

[Munjibunga]

Oh and BTW, you aren't going to bother me if you post your peeves too. I was just venting, so feel free to do so yourself about whatever you want.

Well, it looks like you aren't going to be able to put the ferret back in your pant leg anyway.

 

[MatticusMania]

mic'd

I prefer this fashion. or when I tell my coworker that I have re-pdf'd her files.

 

[9mmMike]

I get the Mike check your mic quite a bit. They sound guy thinks this is a riot. I laugh every time.....not.
So.....when he says he needs a mic check, I always shout, "present".

 

[Jim Campbell]

I mean you can spell it however you want. But, does it set anyone else's OCD off when someone spells it mike? Not that it really matters. The point gets across either way. I just wondered if I am the only one that it bothers.

well i'd say that since mike is a short form of the proper name michael it would follow that mike with a k would be just as apt for the short form of the word microphone......

 

[MatticusMania]

well i'd say that since mike is a short form of the proper name michael it would follow that mike with a k would be just as apt for the short form of the word microphone......

touche

 

[Munjibunga]

I prefer this fashion. or when I tell my coworker that I have re-pdf'd her files.

As in, "Hey, let's go in the supply room and I'll "re-pdf your files"? ...hhhhhhhhheheheh heheheh ... hhhheh heh.

 

[GregC]

This song seems highly appropriate for this thread.

 

[Mike M.]

I hate when people call me Mic instead of Mike.

 

[MatticusMania]

As in, "Hey, let's go in the supply room and I'll "re-pdf your files"? ...hhhhhhhhheheheh heheheh ... hhhheh heh.

*snicker*snicker*

 

[Pilgrim]

I mean you can spell it however you want. But, does it set anyone else's OCD off when someone spells it mike? Not that it really matters. The point gets across either way. I just wondered if I am the only one that it bothers.

No. I've worked in radio / TV production since 1969 and I consider them interchangeable.

Chill.

 

[lunarpollen]

Actually, "mike" is correct if you are referring to the word as verbal shorthand for microphone. "MIC" is only a printed abbreviation used on equipment (below a microphone jack or fader for instance) because "MICROPHONE" usually wouldn't fit when printed at the same font size as "IN," "OUT," "ON," "OFF," etc.

 

[MatticusMania]

The real question is: Mike or Ike? Answer: How 'bout both?

 

[onestring]

I always favored mic, but when I brought this up once to my spouse (her undergrad was linguistics) she responded by asking if I thought "bicycle" should be shortened to "bic".

Now I just write "microphone" and life has become much easier.

 

[alexwittscheck]

All of you that are proving me wrong are not welcome in this thread..... Just kidding. To each his own I guess. Haha. You all have good points.

 

[Zerofox Kitsune]

Now, gratuitous quotation marks, that's something else. I used to live in an apartment that had a sign in a parking space that said: "NO PARKING". So what do the quotes mean? I always took it to mean that there was ostensibly no parking in that space, but "those in the know" knew it was just a figure of speech, and you actually could park there.

 

[Jim Nazium]

Then should the shortened form of nuclear be nuc, instead of nuke?

 

[alexwittscheck]

How about when someone picks up a cable and starts winding it around their arm?